Marine Tier 2 - Protolab

autograder

<div class="IPBDescription">Let's force expansion</div>In order to get jetpacks a protolab must be built costing TRes, and then jetpacks researched for more TRes.
I venture that a protolab should require a second CC (costing TRes) but start with jetpacks having been researched. The TRes cost is about the same AND we give marines a reason to create a second CC, other than preventing alien hives.

Thoughts?

twiliteblue

Not a bad balance suggestion. But it does feel a bit forced. I'd prefer to see the restrictions on alien tech are loosened, rather than Marines suffering similar limitations.

ScardyBob

I'm not a particular fan of this. It was tried in the earlier alpha/beta (i.e. tying marine tech to additional CSs) and it resulted in marines getting pounded in the dirt worse than now.

BearTaxi

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QFT

swalk

<!--quoteo(post=1903935:date=Feb 17 2012, 01:09 AM:name=ScardyBob)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ScardyBob @ Feb 17 2012, 01:09 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1903935"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm not a particular fan of this. It was tried in the earlier alpha/beta (i.e. tying marine tech to additional CSs) and it resulted in marines getting pounded in the dirt worse than now.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
+1 it's kind of like slow on hit, something that should not get re-implemented, it didn't work well last time it was in.

Heroman117

We've had this before in the earlier days of the alpha, didn't work out so well and tying the marine's tech to expansion not only was irritatingly unrealistic and doesn't fit the character of the marines long established from NS1, but also was just exploited by rapid recycling of CC's once the desired tech was acquired.